Rashida Tlaib Gave Every New Member of Congress a Book Arguing for Trump’s Impeachment

Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib is wasting no time ensuring her colleagues know her end goal of firing President Donald Trump. As a gift to every new member elected to the House of Representatives, Tlaib sent out a book written by three constitutional lawyers that argue the case to impeach Trump.

Tlaib showed off her present on Tuesday. “I am making sure we know our power in Congress to hold corrupt elected officials accountable,” she tweeted.

This was my gift to my new member class.

"To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men." – from Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem Protest.

Another day, another Trump meltdown. I'm the only candidate in this race talking about fighting his hate in Washington – everyone else says we should be civil and calm in the face of this madness. They're out of touch – the people want a fighter. #TlaibTeam#ImpeachTrump

The idea is popular with new progressive lawmakers. Rep. Beto O’Rourke said during his campaign for Texas Senate that he’s open to the idea. “There may be an open question as to whether the president — then the candidate — sought to collude with the Russian government in 2016,” he said in a CNN town hall last month.

But Democratic leaders such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden are warning against the action. Biden told CBS last month he hoped the new Democrats in the House wouldn’t impeach the president: “I don’t think there’s a basis for doing that right now.”

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Why would impeachment be a consideration before anyone reads the Mueller report? That would be asking the jury to vote before the case has been presented.

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Robyn Thomson

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“Congressional precedents reflect three broad types of conduct thought to constitute grounds for impeachment, although they should not be understood as exhaustive or binding: (1) improperly exceeding or abusing the powers of the office; (2) behavior incompatible with the function and purpose of the office; and (3) misusing the office… Read more »

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Phyllis Softa

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That is short sided. NO R is going to vote for impeachment without the report. 66 Senate votes 288 House votes are need. The R’s were just as supportive of Nixon as they are of Trump. Once the tapes were heard, they knew they would be held accountable if they… Read more »

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KhyberRifle

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Phyl, you’ve again exhibited narrow thinking; it’s at best poetic license to use a trial by jury metaphor, but aren’t you getting ahead of yourself? Or is it you’re falling behind and still cling to your Mueller legal brief, as though the past 20 mos & $25mm have unearthed collusion?… Read more »

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Phyllis Softa

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That’s hilarious! I’m exhibiting narrow thinking because I want to see what is in the Mueller report?? You on the other hand have decided to believe it is a “hoax” On what grounds? Because the guy said so who told you that Obama BC was not real? That “No one… Read more »

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Obama birth certificate? That’s some stale poo m’luv. Stormy? Who cares? Ruskie dirt clods? Moldy and hairy cheese balls in everyone’s mousetrap: universally exposed like Nigerian windfall letters for what they are. You may not be easy to dupe, but you’re stuck in reverse. Crawl out of your hole and… Read more »